head off

使改变方向， 阻挡[拦截]（某人）; 防止…发生

1. 绕到前面去;拦住：head for 朝...方向走去 | head off 绕到前面去;拦住 | head on 迎面地,正面地

2. 阻止：head money 人头税 | head off 阻止 | head office 总公司

3. 开头：head of water 水头 | head off 开头 | head office 总部总局

4. 阻止, 拦截：expand my vision 阔大我的视野 | head off 阻止,拦截 | have an advantage over sb. 比某人有优势

1. 拦截;拦住
    If you head off a person, animal, or vehicle, you move to a place in front of them in order to capture them or make them change the direction they are moving in.

    e.g. He changed direction swiftly, turned into the hallway and headed her off.
           他迅速改变方向，拐进走廊截住了她。

2. 阻止，防止（尤指不愉快的事）发生
    If you head something off, especially something unpleasant, you take action before it is expected to happen in order to prevent it from happening.

    e.g. He would ask Congress to intervene and head off a strike...
           他将要求国会进行干预，防止发生罢工。
    e.g. You have to be good at spotting trouble on the way and heading it off.
           你必须善于发现潜在的麻烦并加以化解。

1. June is usually the start of a slowdown in business travel in Europe as people head off on holidays.

2. Clijsters took her cap off and shook her head in disbelief in the changeover.

3. Authority finance chief Wong said although the authority was in great financial shape, the surplus was needed as a war chest to head off rising construction costs.

4. He said the police had forced Zhao to drink chili water and had even set off firecrackers over his head.

5. head off

5. It's not clear whether better cooperation could have helped head off the Madrid plot.

6. head off的近义词

6. A large 2 cm thick piece of lumber flew off a truck and landed on a man's head and got stuck around his neck.

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7. The DPRK has long balanced stoking tensions with conciliatory overtures to extract concessions and head off sanctions.

8. Sardar Singh paid tribute to his son, a head constable who was killed fending off the attack.

9. Like the time she told teenage contestant David Archuleta she wanted to squeeze his head off and dangle him from a rearview mirror.

10. In a recent public address, the eloquent and elegant talking head was booed off the stage.

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